- ship
- In.
1) to build; refit a ship
2) to christen; launch a ship
3) to navigate; sail a ship
4) to scuttle; sink; torpedo a ship
5) to abandon ship (when it is sinking)
6) to jump ship ('to desert from a ship's crew')
7) to raise a sunken ship
8) to load; unload a ship
9) a battleship; capital; hospital; merchant; oceangoing; passenger; rocket; sailing ship; spaceship; steamship; supply ship; warship; weather ship
10) a ship heaves; pitches; rolls
USAGE NOTE: The term rocket ship is now used chiefly in science fiction. The terms spacecraft and space vehicle are now used for the real thing. The term spaceship is sometimes used for 'manned spacecraft'.11) (misc.) to board a ship; to disembark from a ship; to run a tight ship ('to operate efficiently')
IIv. (A) they have shipped the merchandise to us; or: they have shipped us the merchandise
* * *[ʃɪp]launch a shipmerchantoceangoingor: they have shipped us the merchandisepitchesrefit a shiprollssail a shipsailing shipspaceshipsteamshipsupply shipto disembark from a shiptorpedo a shipunload a shipweather shipto run a ti (USAGE NOTE: The term rocket ship is now used chiefly in science fiction. The terms spacecraft and space vehicle are now used for the real thing. The term spaceship is sometimes used for 'manned spacecraft'.; 'to operate efficiently')(A) they have shipped the merchandise to us(misc.) to board a shipa battleshipa ship heavesto buildto christento loadto navigateto raise a sunken shipto scuttleto jump ship ('to desert from a ship's crew')to abandon ship (when it is sinking)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.